Today's Retail News From Around The Web: April 13, 2015
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Our Article of the Day:
$13,000+ Apple Watch Edition Available at Only 2 Canadian Apple Stores (and only 53 worldwide)
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Target Canada closing, ending 2-year foray [CTV]
-How Target Canada changed the retail landscape [Toronto Star]
-Hudson's Bay moves from Dark Ages to enlightenment [Forbes]
-Amazon.ca drops free shipping for remote customers [CBC]
-How Apple Watch's retail experience could turn off some Apple Inc fans [Financial Post]
-Video: The Globe's retailing reporter Marina Strauss looks back at Target's big Canadian fail [Globe & Mail]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-‘Radical’ change to the Beer Store will be proposed, Kathleen Wynne says [Toronto Star]
-Fiery blast guts Ottawa stores, leaves millions in damage [Globe & Mail]
-Great Canadian Dollar Store chain sold [Victoria Times Colonist]
-More cold beer needed in liquor stores, NDP says [Saskatchewan: CBC]
-Canary District retailers will sing a healthy tune [Toronto Star]
-Giant Tiger expanding to Port Hawkesbury [Cape Breton Post]
-Sarsfield Home Hardware shuts its doors after 20 years [CBC]
Trending Topics:
-Nordstrom, Macy's see benefits from keeping their discount stores close [Post Gazette]
-Uniqlo, H&M, Zara, Forever 21 Take Over Malls as Retail's Old Guard Fades [The Street]
-Walgreens closing 200 stores -- but opening 200 others [Chicago Tribune]
-Sprint opens 1,400 co-branded RadioShack stores [Fierce Retail]
-Old Navy buoys Gap Inc. sales [Retail Dive]
-Retailers Urged to Ditch Millennials in Favour of Older Shoppers [Business of Fashion]
-Amazon Prime edging out Target, Walmart [Fierce Retail]
-Saks’ Off 5th to open in Beverly Hills [Chain Store Age]
Our Previous Articles:
Saks Fifth Avenue to Continue Expansion Under New Canadian Direction
-Kit and Ace to Open 15 Canadian Flagships in 10 Months
-Why it Will Take Years to Replace Target and Future Shop's Shuttered Canadian Locations
-List of Retailers Opening and Expanding in Canada
